Grain-header.



A. B. DRYGAS. GRAIN HEADER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. l5. 1915.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

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' hereinafter described and claimed.`

ALBERT B. DRYGAS, OF ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.

GRAIN-HEADER.

Application filed January 15, 1915.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT B. DuYGAs, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Cloud, in the county of Stearns and State of Minnesota., have invented new and useful Improvements in Grain-Headers, of which the(followingis a specification.

rthis invention relates to improvements in grain headers, header binders, and other like machines, the object of the invention being to provide an improved mechanism of this kind which is'especially adapted to be attached to and used in connection with and driven by a farm tractor, and which can be readily movedfrom place to place over country roads when not in operation.

Another object is to provide an improved form ot carrying or supporting frame for the heading and binding mechanism and which adapts the same to be readily attached to a tractor. v

Another object isy to provide driving mechanism for thecutter mechanism .and conveyer ot' the grain header and which is actuated. by the motor of the` tractor.

`With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement ot' devices In the accompanying vdrarings: Figure 1 is a side elevation or' a grain header con-l structed in accordance with my invention, showing the same attached to the front end of a farm vtractor for operation thereby. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a f front elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is'a detail'perspective View of the carrier frame, showing` the same attached to the frontend ot' a tractor. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic' plan of the tractor and grain header. showing the same` in one position in full lines and. in another position in dotted lines and illustrating the manner in which the machine is .turned in the grain iield.

A farm tractor is indicated at A and my improved fheader binder mechanism is indicated at B. lChannel irons which orm-` the sides of vthe tractor frame are indicated at 4. In accordance with my invention I provide a pair of carrier arms l, which in. practice are preferably channel irons. 'The rear ends of the carrier arms are bolted in the front end of the irons 4 so that 'said carrir arms project forwardly from the front end of the tractor.' A pair of for- Wardly! and upwardly inclined bars 2 which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. Z1., 1915.

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are valso in practice-channel irons are bolted Ato the inner sidesiof the'arms 1 at the trent end of the latter and at points spaced from the lower end of the bars 2 so that the masquared to receive a suitable crank, by means of which said winch may be turned.

A ratchet wheel l2 is secured on the winch shaft and a pawl l2 is provided to engage said ratchet wheel and hold theY winch againstarotation.

The header binder -mechanism iso' the usual,well known construction, having its frame provided with.I the usual shafts 10-1l. The usual wheels are removed from said shafts and said shaft ll is secured lby suitable clamps 5 on the front end of the' bracket arms 5 so that the entire header binder mechanism is carried .and 'its weight sustained by the carrier frame and is hence imposed on the tractor. rLillie shaft lO is provided with hooks i). Cables 8 have their lower ends attached to said hooks and their upper ends'attached to the winch 7 and hence by turning said winch the bracket arms 5 may be raised and lowered to raise. or lower the header binder as may be desired.`

rThe usual bracket arms 13 oi' the iframe ot' the header binder are piyotally and adjustably secured by bolts 14- to the usual knuckles 14. A pair of levers 16 have their lower ends attached vto a shaft 16 which is mounted in bearing openings in the bars 2 and these levers are connected by rods l5 to the usual devices 1.5 lwhich brace and enable the header binder to be raised and lowered. A winch 18 iis mounted in suitable bearings on the tractor,l preferably 'at the front side ofthe cab and is provided with a suitable crank 18 whereby 'it may be turned and also with a ratchet wheel 20 which is engaged by a paWl 19. Cables 17 are attached to -the levers 164 and to the winch 18 and hence bv turning the vlatter the l,levers 16 may be operated to raise or iSO lower the front end of the headerAL binder as may be required, independently of the winch 7 and its connections.

Controlling levers 26-26 are shown mounted in the cab ofthe tractor and contractor frame, on one side, with a pair of shaft 3l and is movable into and out of en? brackets 2l on. which the usual driving mechanism or gearing of the headerbinder is mounted. as comprising a beveled gear 30 on a shaft 31 which is mounted in a bearing 32 and a smaller beveled gear 33 on a shaft 34 which is mounted in bearings 35- and is at right angles to the driving `shaft 3l. Said shaft 3i is connected by a knuckle 36 to the ilexible or 'knuckled shaft 37 which revolves the usual crank wheel 38 that operates the pitman of the cutter bar. Said shaft 3a also has al spur gear 39 which engages a similar geard() on a shaft 541' which is mounted in bearings d2 and is connected by a knuckle 43 to the flexible or knuckled shaft 4d that drives the elevator 45,' or conveyer of the header binder. A sprocket wheel 24 is loosely mounted on the shaft 31 and its hub is formed with a clutch element 46. A clutch element 47 is splined on the driving provided with a sprocket wheel 23 which is connected by an endless sprocket chain 25 to the sprocket wheel 24. Hence the driving gear of the header binder is driven directly from the motor of the tractor and hence the header binder may be operated when the tractor is standing still as well as when the tractor is in motion. By disconnecting the clutch element 7 from the clutch elementl 46,which mayv be \done by the operation of the lever 26 the mechanism .of the header binder may be stopped 'when desired. The header binder may thus be operated and carried by the tractor and may be moved in any required position and readily turned in a corner,` -by backing up the tractor as indicated in the diagram of Fig. 5.- By thus mounting the header binder on the tractor Vsame amounta-:of work.

Such gearing is hereI shown great-economy is-efected 1n the Work of harvestingu'as'the header binder can be thus equipped and arranged, may be readily operatedby one man, whereas several, usually three, are ordinarily employed in operating the usual header binder in performing the Moreover there is Ironside draft on my improved header binder and the power required to operate the same is very greatly reduced. Moreover since the power of thetractor motor is applied directly to the driving' gearing of the header binder all danger of the elevator becoming blocked or stalled by hea-Vy grain is entirely eliminated.

' Having thus described myl'inven'tion, I claim l In combination with a tractor having a frame and also having a motor provided with a drivingshaft projecting from one side of the frame, a header binder mechanism having bracket arms, and also having a frame provided with a pair of shafts, one having hooks and knuckles pivotally secured to said bracket arms, a pair of carrier arms tending forwardly therefrom, bars carried by said carrier arms, a pair of brackets pivotally connected to the lower ends of said bars and provided with bars for one of said shafts of the header binder, a winch mounted in bearings in the upper ends of said bars, cables connected to said Winch and other hooks of the other shaft, raising and lowering means for the header binder, levers connected to said raising and lowering means and pivotally mounted on said bars, means to operate said levers, controlling devices for the header binder, levers mounted on the tractor and connected to said controlling devices, driving mechanism f for the header binder, supporting brackets therefor secured' on oneside of the tractor frame, power transmitting means between said driving mechanism and-said 'motor'. shaft, a clutch element of said driving mechanism and a lever mounted on the tractor' and connections between said lever and said clutch element to actuate the latter.

. In testimony whereof I affix my signature `in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT B. DRYGAS. Witnesses:

MARIE THILL, Gnd. G. MAGNUSON.

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